Sarah Guirguis While you’ve come to develop a deep connection with your couch over the past few months, OSN Streaming is ensuring you have an extensive list of over 40 shows and movies to look forward to this month. The range varies from animation/family, drama, thriller, action to comedy and binge-worthy documentaries.
Disney+ Originals & DisneyNature Documentaries
Be Our Chef (Season 1) is an all-new cooking competition that challenges five food-loving families to create delicious dishes inspired by the magic of Disney.
Penguins: Life on the Edge is about a witty and tenacious team of filmmakers braving the Antarctic to film Disneynature’s “Penguins”.
Dolphin Reef is narrated by Oscar-and Golden Globe-winning actress Natalie Portman, and tells the spectacular story of Echo, a young Pacific bottlenose dolphin who seems far more interested in exploring the coral reef and its intriguing inhabitants than learning to survive in it.
New Shows & Seasons
Ramy (Season 2 – starting May 29) follows a first-generation Muslim-American, played by Ramy Youssef, on a spiritual journey to understanding himself and his place in his politically divided New Jersey neighborhood. We’d like to boast that the first season received critical acclaim with Ramy Youssef winning a Golden Globe for his performance.
Betty (Season 1) is a new teen drama revolving around a diverse group of young women who make an effort to stand out in a predominantly male world of skateboarding.
I Know This Much is True is an HBO mini-series starring Mark Ruffalo in a double role of identical twin brothers; Dominick who recounts his troubled relationship with his paranoid schizophrenic twin brother Thomas and his efforts to get him released from an asylum.
The Great (full season available on May 16) – From the writer of the Oscar-winning movie The Favourite, this satirical drama is set during the 17th Century following a royal woman living in rural Austria. She is forced to choose between her happiness and the future of Russia when she marries an Emperor.
Little Fires Everywhere (full season available on May 24) is a brand new mini-series based on a novel of the same name, starring Oscar winner Reese Witherspoon and Golden Globe nominee Kerry Washington. The series follows the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and an enigmatic mother and daughter.
High Fidelity (Season 1 – starting May 26) is a Hulu original production starring Zoe Kravitz, Jake Lacy (from The Office) and Da’Vine Joy Randolph. The series is based on Nick Hornby’s 1995 novel of the same name, along with the 2000 movie adaptation. It explores the personal and professional life of an American record store owner.
Council of Dads (Season 1 – starting May 28) revolves around Scott Perry, a father of five, who was diagnosed with cancer and calls on a few of his trusted friends to step in as back-up dads to help his family.
New Movies
Animation & Family
Wonder Park is about a young girl named June with an incredible imagination who discovers that the amusement park of her dreams came to life.
Abominable (Available May 30) is about a group of teenagers who set off on an adventure to help a young Yeti named Everest return home after escaping from a businessman who has kept him for his personal gain.
Instant Family revolves around the beautiful adoption story for the couple Pete and Ellie who in the process of adopting one child end up adopting three siblings.
Action
Bumblebee (Available May 29) is a 2018 American science fiction action film centered on the Transformers character of the same name.
Mission Impossible: Fallout – When a terrorist group plans to detonate three nuclear attacks on different cities simultaneously, Ethan Hunt, along with his IMF team, set out to stop the carnage.
Backdraft 2 (Available May 16) is about a Chicago FD investigating a deadly fire only to uncover that there is more to the story.
Drama
Downton Abbey (Available May 23) is a period drama about the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the post-Edwardian era.
The Chaperone (Available May 24) is a period drama of a woman in the 1920s whose life is changed when she accompanies a young dancer on her journey to fame.
New Arabic Content
Adel Imam Movie Collection (Eid Al Fitr) – In honor and celebration of this legendary actor, OSN Streaming will showcase a collection of over 30 classic Adel Imam movies, including Al Bahth an Fadiha (1973), Al Halfout (1985) and Al Irhabi (1994).
Hob Wahed Wa Hayatan (Available May 30) is an award-winning Turkish romantic drama starring Berguzar Korel and Engin Akyurek, exploring the outcomes of a simple step in the right and wrong direction.
Al Badla (Eid Al Fitr) is a romantic Egyptian comedy starring Tamer Hosny and Akram Hosney, playing police detectives who investigate shenanigans.
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